Wallonia is the province that brought Albania independence.

So here we have the Albanian lek, nominal - 50. The year of issue of this coin is 1996.

On November 28 in 1912, while Albanian lands were being occupied by Serbian, Montenegrin, and Greek troops, 83 delegates from all parts of Albania met at Valona, where their leader, Ismail Qemal, proclaimed Albania an independent state.

Although the Balkan allies continued to seize Albanian territory, the major European powers, influenced primarily by Austria-Hungary and Italy, approved the formation of a sovereign Albanian state in December 1912. Confirming their position in the Treaty of London in May 30, 1913, which ended the 1912 Balkan War, the powers next determined Albania’s borders with Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece obtained the withdrawal of foreign troops from Albania; and on July 29, 1913, formally recognized Albania as an independent principality, guaranteed its status, and named as its sovereign Wilhelm zu Wied, a prince from the German Rhineland.